[TradicalRC]

I always thought that the fact that everyone except me receives communion at every Catholic mass I go to (and I go every week) meant that you Catholics had the whole sin thing whipped.

Yes. One of the fruits of Vatican II is that Catholics are FAR less sinful then we used to be in those medeival preconciliar days. I submit as evidence the virtually nonexistent lines at the confessional...

[Jim Noble]

Yes. One of the fruits of Vatican II is that Catholics are FAR less sinful then we used to be in those medeival preconciliar days. I submit as evidence the virtually nonexistent lines at the confessional...

In our church, no one knows where it is...

[AnAmericanMother]

Which reminds me of when I asked my pastor if I should make an appointment for my First Confession.

"Oh, no," he replied in his rich Irish brogue, "Just come at the usual time."

I pointed out that I was 40-odd years in arrears and it was going to be the mother of all confessions.

"Oh, just come at the usual time" - Irish stage wink - "there aren't very many sinners in this parish!"

He preaches frequently on the Sacrament of Confession . . . there's always a line on Saturday, but I wish they offered Confession before early Mass on Sunday.